#2CACA5#2CACA5

#2CACA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.107 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CACA5
RGB	rgb(44, 172, 165)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -34.99, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 35.54, 190.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.1055 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.107 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5796, 32.7544, 40.7222)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CACA5 #AC2C33

analogous

#2CAC65 #2CACA5 #2C73AC

triadic

#2CACA5 #A52CAC #ACA52C

tetradic

#2CACA5 #652CAC #AC2C33 #73AC2C

square

#2CACA5 #652CAC #AC2C33 #73AC2C

split-complementary

#2CACA5 #AC2C73 #AC652C

monochromatic

#134B48 #207B76 #2CACA5 #46D0C8 #76DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#2CACA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#2CACA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CACA5

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CACA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CACA5	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2caca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 172, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.107 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc5bf',
    500: '#2caca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2caca5;
$custom-light: #7bc5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2caca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.719,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67638,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CACA5

secondary

#C47075

accent

#454EE2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CACA5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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